authvar1
Handles authenticated variables for pesign
Usage
authvar⟨ -a | -c | -s⟩ -N {guid} -n name⟨ -v value | -f file⟩ [-t time] [-d directory] [-S nickname] [-i file] [-e file]
Overview
authvar is a command line utility for handling authenticated UEFI variables.
Options
-
-a | --append -
Append to variable
-
-c | --clear -
Clear variable
-
-s | --set -
set variable
-N⟨{guid} | namespace⟩ |--namespace⟨{guid} | namespace⟩-
Variable is in namespace or {guid}( default: global)
Use
-Nhelp to list namespaces. -nname |--namename-
Variable name
-vvalue |--valuevalue-
Set or append value to variable
-ffile |--valuefilefile-
Read value from file
-ttime |--timestamptime-
Timestamp for the variable( default: now)
-ddirectory |--certdirdirectory-
Specify nss certificate database directory( default: /etc/pki/pesign)
-Snickname |--signnickname-
Sign variable with certificate nickname from the NSS database
-ifile |--importfile-
Import variable from file
-efile |--exportfile-
Export variable to file instead of setting it in firmware
Releases
6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 1 time.
--export until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--help until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--import until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--name until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--namespace until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--sign until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--timestamp until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--usage until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--value until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--valuefile until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
-? until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
-N until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
-S until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
-e until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
-f until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
-i until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
-n until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
-t until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
-v until Debian 12 (Bookworm).